As one data user noted: “The ACS provides invaluable socio-economic data to a range of users in the public, private, and not for profit sector and its elimination (or making the survey voluntary) will have significant negative implications.” …

To streamline delivery in the massive Census mailing, packages of forms were sometimes lumped together under the same city name. This is not a problem; for every address there are multiple post office names that are perfectly acceptable for accurate delivery. …